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Contact: rbking@niu.edu, (815) 753-7833 |
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(click on highlighted titles for .pdf of article). King, R. B., A. Queral-Regil, and K. M. Stanford. 2006. Population size and recovery criteria of the threatened Lake Erie watersnake: Integrating multiple methods of population estimation. King, R. B., and K. M. Stanford. 2006. Headstarting as a management tool: a case study of the Plains gartersnake. Herpetologica 62:283-292. King, R. B., J. M. Ray, and K. M. Stanford. 2006. Gorging on gobies: beneficial effects of alien prey on a threatened vertebrate. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84:108-115. Ray, J. M., and R. B. King. 2006. The temporal and spatial scale of microevolution: fine-scale color pattern variation in the Lake Erie watersnake, Nerodia sipedon insularum. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 8:915-925. King, R. B., J. H. Cline, and C. J. Hubbard. 2004. Heritable variation in testosterone level s in male garter snakes (Thamnophis siralis). Journal of Zoology (London ) 264:143-147. Stanford, K.M., and R.B. King 2004. Growth, survival and reproduction in a northern Illinois population of the Plains gartersnake, Thamnophis radix. King, R. B.2003. Mendelian inheritance of melanism in the garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis. Herpetologica. 59:486-491. Bittner, T. D., and R. B. King. 2003. Gene flow and melanism in garter snakes revisited: a comparison of molecular markers and island vs. coalescent models. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 79:389-399. Bittner, T. D., R. B. King, and J. M. Kerfin. 2002. Effects of body size and melanism on the thermal biology of garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis).Copeia. 2002:477-482. King,
R. B. 2002. Family, sex, and testosterone
effects on garter snake behaviour. Animal Behaviour.64:345-359. King, R. B., and R. Lawson. 2001. Patterns of population subdivision and gene flow in three sympatric natricine snakes. Copeia 2001:602-614. King, R. B., W.B. Milstead, H.L. Gibbs, M.R. Prosser, G.M. Burghardt, and G.F. McCracken. 2001 Application of microsatellite DNA markers to discriminate between maternal and genetic effects on scalation and behavior in multiply-sired garter snake litters. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 79:121-128. King, R. B., J.H. Cline, and C.J. Hubbard. 2000. Age and litter effects on testosterone levels in young water snakes. Copeia. 2000:593-596. King, R. B. 2000. Analyzing the relationship between clutch size and female body size. Journal of Herpetology 34:148-150. King, R. B., T.D. Bittner, A. Queral-Regil, and J.H. Cline. 1999. Sexual dimorphism in neonate and adult snakes. Journal of Zoology 247:19-28. Queral-Regil, A., and R. B. King. 1998. Evidence for phenotypic plasticity in snake body size and relative head dimensions in response to amount and size of prey. Copeia 1998:423-429. |
My research interests center on patterns of variation in nature and the evolutionary process that account for this variation. Much of my research has focused on morphological and behavioral variation, mostly in reptiles and amphibians. I am conducting a long-term study of the effects of natural selection, gene flow, and genetic drift on color pattern variation among Lake Erie island and mainland snake populations. This project combines field study, color pattern analysis, and molecular genetic techniques. I am also investigating the genetic and hormonal bases of behavioral and morphological variation in garter snakes. This project combines measures of behavior and morphology with manipulations and assays of steroid hormone levels in captive-reared garter snakes. Other projects conducted by me and students working with me focus on the ecological and visual bases of color change in treefrogs, reptile life history, population status and conservation of Lake Erie water snakes, phenotypic plasticity in snake head morphology, and acoustic behavior of hybridizing sapsuckers.
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